The Argentine Painting

Born in Itapeva-SP, José Maria graduated in Fine Arts at Faculdade de Belas Artes de São Paulo, Currently works and lives in Jundiaí, São Paulo. “My work speaks of pain and human feelings. I picture the world from inside myself. I represent the characters of my paintings as in a theatrical environment. Life in an exaggerated, intense and complex form, full of secrets and symbols. Dualities, contradictions, beauty and pain. I always try to go deeper into my own experiences as a person, and the figures are born from me as in a catharsis, a need, as if I vomited them into life. In place of a heart there is always something else, another object, a bird, a stone, etc., emphasizing the feelings and emotion. In addition, laces and hollow shapes are a constant feature and a hallmark of my work.”